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• Save $100 with any $45 or higher Plan Purchase Required
Straight Talk raised the price to $99 from $49
-This means you can no longer use the loophole of buying it via the Straight Talk website.
It is still $49+ instore
So the steps would be:
1. Buy the phone instore, activate on Straight Talk (any 30 day plan). The online activation process has not worked for many, it's recommended to activate by phone. Instructions to activate through an automated phone service are HERE.
2. Text UNLOCK to 611611 to confirm the Automatic Unlock Date it will reply with exact date. (You will likely need to send this message twice, as it often doesn't reply the first time)
3. Don't have your account on auto-renew, plan cancels after 30 days
4. Wait for 61 days after your activation date
5. The iPhone SE is now unlocked automatically
Walmart In-Store
The Promotion price isn't automatically taken off at normal checkout in-store it rings up full $149 price even with Plan. Need a Straight Talk rep instore to get the discount. They needed to enter the phone and plan on their terminal to get the discount to apply. Then they will scan the sku on the Walmart POS to check out.
If none above works ask for Manager to override it show them the listing on walmart.com if still won't sell it at promotion price tell them its false advertising since they lured you to store and won't honor the promotion price.
https://i5.walmartimage
Website shows non-instock online at local walmart stores but they did have them in Electronics. Back of Phone Cardboard says ST SE3.
Link to Walmart Website [walmart.com] (All stores show OOS, so you'll need to go in the store to check stock).
In-store activation requires providing your first name, last name, and a unique email address for each phone. You cannot use an email address from an existing Straight Talk account. Thank you to cvesper, Orang3Beard, LCL121, and Impulse_shopper for the information.
Make sure you provide your email address and the Walmart/ST rep does not input a random one, otherwise your phones will not have a ST account, which could be problematic if need to check the status of your phone's setup online or if you run into any difficulties (like with the service plan not being included with your account due to an error by the Walmart/ST rep). Thank you to llenrad for the information.
In-store checkout flow, according to MrSlickitySlick:
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Warp computerCreate new order Straight talk Purchase with activation Next New customer 1st name,last name New email $35 plan Asks for device imei Print documents and then check out at regular Walmart register Ps mobile rep and Walmart electronics rep are 2 different associates, most Walmart reps won't know what they are doing, some mobile reps don't even know what there doing, try your luck |
Got my order for 2 phones delivered today, and got them both activated to start the countdown clock on the unlock. For anyone who bought one just to activate for the one-month plan you purchased and unlock, the easiest way is the automated phone service (the online process wasn't working for me):
1) 1-877-430-2355
2) Press 2 to Activate Device
3) Press 2 for a New Number
4) Follow voice prompt to enter IMEI, ZIP code, create PIN, etc. When asked by the prompt if you want to "add to an existing account", say "No". If you purchased a plan with the phone, it will recognize this and automatically activate the SIM for the plan.
If the wireless rep has having difficulty, try this (thanks, busbeepbeep):
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I spent 2 hours in my local Walmart as the wireless rep wasn't familiar with doing straight talk transaction.Passing this one in case it helps, once they generate the bar code from the Warp, my person was having issue cause she'd bring that to the walmart register and it would only show up as "special order, ST 35 plan" and not the phone. Then she'd scan the phone UPC, which would show $149. After much back and forth, we figured out needed to scan the WARP barcode and then scan the 2nd barcode on the phone, not the top UPC barcode, and it showed up as $49.99. Total after tax for me was like $99. |
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1) 1-877-430-2355
2) Press 2 to Activate Device
3) Press 2 for a New Number
4) Follow voice prompt to enter IMEI, ZIP code, create PIN, etc. When asked by the prompt if you want to "add to an existing account", say "No". If you purchased a plan with the phone, it will recognize this and automatically activate the SIM for the plan.
When the voice prompt tells you to power on the device, the instructions were incomplete and unclear. If you've never activated a phone before here are the steps:
1) Attached to the box for your phone is the associated SIM card in a pouch; remove and punch out the nano-SIM.
2) Using the SIM tool in the iPhone box (or a small paperclip), pop out your SIM card tray and insert the nano-SIM.
3) Re-insert the SIM tray into the iPhone and power on the phone.
4) Go through the setup process; I recommend connecting to WiFi when prompted to make things go faster.
5) Your phone should be activated within a few minutes of being powered on with the SIM inserted, assuming you went through all the steps in the automated phone activation.
I'm not going to waste my time going there, but thought I'd help others. Be sure to call the local Walmart you are going to, ask if they have the phone in stock (both stores said online they didn't have stock, but both stores did have them in stock) and ask if they have the WARP system for activation. Good luck everyone.
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I got two of these phones from Walmart on Sunday. One worked fine, but the other one was not active 3 days later. I had to manually activate it via the web site (fortunately I had the paperwork with the activation code).
If, however we setup ST account with email and see phone has not been added as a device to the account and we have the paperwork from Walmart then we can manually add the device to the account and it will be become active at that time and and at this point we still don't need to open box/phone for it to be activated and start the 69 day unlock countdown. Is that correct?
Is the paperwork you had the print out from the WARP system and do they give you a copy of it even if they say it has been scanned/activated or do you need to request it or take a picture of it if they don't give a copy to you? Is this the paperwork with UPC that they then scan at the Walmart register to give you the $49 phone price point?
PayPal dispute
https://www.paypal.com/bm/webapps...resol
"Problem with a purchase
Did something go wrong when making a purchase with PayPal? Did your order not arrive? Did something arrive that was very different than described? The first step is to dispute the transaction through PayPal. "
Chase - https://www.chase.com/personal/cr...ds/dispute
"Charge Error
A charge error is a transaction you recognize but appears to be incorrect, such as:
A recurring transaction or trial subscription you canceled
A product or service you never received or received late
A one-time purchase you returned or canceled, and you still haven't received a credit
A charge higher than the amount on your receipt
A product or service you received and are dissatisfied with
Your card was charged even though you used cash or a different card
The same card was charged more than once for the same transaction"
Amex - https://www.americanexp
If you have unrecognised charges from multiple merchants please call the number on the back of your Card as soon as possible.
You can dispute a transaction for the following reasons:
If you don't recorgnise a charge
If you don't agree with the charge amount, or you have been billed more than expected
If you have been charged more than once for the same purchase
If you have cancelled or returned the purchase
If you haven't received the goods or services, or the business cancelled your goods or service
If the received goods/services are not as described
If you paid with a different method of payment
If you'd like the documentation for your personal records
If you want to cancel a recurring billing charge, or you cancelled a monthly or recurring billing charge but you're still being billed after the cancellation date
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You may be able to HUCA a rep to resend the deal. However, the odds are 50/50 that the fraud department will reject it again. I needed 6 phones and ended up with 7. Now it is on the next deal.
* I am surprised how good I can type on a 4.7" screen. I thought it would be more difficult.
* I can stream my music during my pretty long workout and the battery will only drop like 6-7% which is much better than I expected. I am not talking about live fm like from tuneinradio as that is a monster drainer.
* Would I prefer an iphone 13? Sure but I just don't see the big bang for the buck right now with that. The iphone 11 is a nice option but the support won't be too much. I can't fault someone if they prefer the bigger screen of an iPhone 11and improved battery. I am still not the biggest fan of using 6.1" phone at home when I definitely enjoy the tablet and my 6.4"-6.8" screen phones at home.
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